3+ day, 14+ hour ago   (348+ words) Politics in British Columbia could be getting more crowded as a group tries to take over and revive the moribund BC United party, to give voters what they call a "principled, mainstream centre-right alternative" in the province. The group called…...

4+ day, 14+ hour ago   (613+ words) The Conservative Party of B.C. may have lost nine legislators since Kerry-Lynne Findlay became leader, but some of her supporters are applauding the defections they say will help discipline the party and sharpen differences with the governing NDP. Former B.C. Conservative candidate…...

5+ day, 5+ hour ago   (455+ words) A city in Manitoba is hoping to snag a few bits off a decommissioned navy ship currently being stripped at Victoria’s Point Hope Maritime shipyard. Jeff Fawcett, mayor of Brandon, Man., says he’s in talks with the Royal Canadian Navy…...

6+ day, 4+ hour ago   (1186+ words) The many nasty letters about not being friends with the U.S. are totally inappropriate. The Peace Arch says “Brethren dwelling together in Unity” and “Children of a common mother.” Trade deals and commerce in general can be nasty and tough. Just…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (336+ words) Five legislators who quit the B.C. Conservatives will be part of a new party they say offers a "stable, serious alternative" to the governing NDP, after weeks of upheaval in the official Opposition. Rosalyn Bird, Bruce Banman and A'a:liya Warbus…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (678+ words) Energy and Climate Change Minister Adrian Dix’s explanation for a significant mistake that weakens the already shaky provincial budget hearkens back to the fabled Gimli Glider caper in the 1980s. Metric-Imperial and weight-volume conversion errors, along with a cascading series of…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (613+ words) A commentary by Robert Lewis-Manning, a Victoria resident and champion of ports. His career spans the Royal Canadian Navy and Canada’s maritime and shipping industry. When Songhees Nation Chief Ron Sam recently pushed back against critics of modern treaty negotiations,…...

2+ week, 3+ hour ago   (628+ words) A commentary by Dr. Joy Johnson, Dr. Jeff Zabudsky and Dr. Paula Burns, the chairs of the Research Universities’ Council of British Columbia, the Pacific Association of Canadian Institutes and Universities and BC Colleges, representing the post-secondary sector across British…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago   (724+ words) The cavalcade of defections from the Conservative Party of B.C. continued Wednesday. In the morning, Richmond MLA Teresa Wat quit the caucus over a rancorous personal insult delivered by party leader Kerry-Lynne Findlay. Hours later, Courtenay-Comox MLA Brennan Day said he…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (530+ words) RICHMOND — Richmond-Bridgeport legislator Teresa Wat is the latest member to quit the B.C. Conservatives after announcing Wednesday she could no longer serve under leader Kerry-Lynne Findlay. Wat, who will sit as an Independent, said in a statement that Findlay failed…...